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Bill Thesken

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in Whittier, East L.A., The United States

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https://www.koloapublishing.com

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Humor and Comedy, Crime, Thriller

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Steinbeck, Hemingway, Clemens (Twain), Asimov, Alfred Bester, Shakespe ...more

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I was born in East Los Angeles, When I was nineteen I drove 2,000 miles to Ketchikan, Alaska, worked for a month on the docks, then flew to an island in the middle of the Pacific ocean and never looked back. My ancestors the McLean's are from the Isle of Mull in Scotland, so I also seem to like islands.
Writing isn't really work when it's going well. It's more like transcendental neuro-athletics, hand eye mind coordination typing as fast as you can to keep up with the flow of words as they build a world on paper.
When I was growing up, my Dad would read about 3 novels a week, they were laying all over the place, piled in the corners, on desks and tables, mostly crime novels, with guns, cigarettes and broads on the covers, so I split from my A ...more

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	Legend of the Broken Paddle 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Oil Eater 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blocking Paris 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hunt for the Wild Honu (Hunt for the Wild Book #1) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Lords of Xibalba 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Present for Kainani

I wrote a book for Christmas, just finished it two days ago.
I had an inkling, an idea to write a Christmas story, something different, a novella, half a full-length novel, and since this book is set in Hawaii, half a book, a hapa:

"The day after Christmas is usually a day of rest for Santa and all the Elves at the North Pole. Santa Claus the 10th, forty something now and still heirless worries abo Read more of this blog post »

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The Alchemist's Secret (Ben Hope #1)

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